Height measuring apparatus



Oct. 22, 1935. M. QUlNTE HEIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed NOV. 23, 1952 6 7 w u M m I m u 2 w M n .u w n 8 u 9 8 n m OlwtJ fl I 4 v 4 v v v 4 a 4 w r v v I r v I villli'lflililfiill'l' ll!"I!ll!!!llllllllllllilllllll 2 w m r a Inventor Oct. 22, 1935; QUlNTE HEIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 23, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 W 9 y r II'I'II'III'A II/IIIII'II'I'IIIIIII I Inventor Quinie Mun.

By 24M Oct. 22, 1935. M. QUINTE 2,018,416

HEIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 23, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 45 30) 6 g D 55- 63 47 57 60 s '62 5' 46 5 48" l I 54 52 46 v I nl t Illllilfilllllll Invcnlor Michael Quinie g umm Q flllorney Patented Oct. 22, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved device or apparatus for measuring the heights of persons, and in accordance with the present invention a device or apparatus of the above men- 5 tioned character is provided with coin control mechanism together with additional mechanism for supplying the person whose height is measured by the device with a card or ticket having suitably indicated thereon the exact height of the person.

The invention together with its numerous objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the device or apparatus.

Figures 2 and 4 are longitudinal sectional views taken substantially on the lines 2-2 and 4-4 respectively of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional elevational view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an end elevation of the structure shown in Figure '7.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of a feed roll for the ticket tape.

Figure 8 is a plan view of a portion of the measuring tape.

Figure 9 is a plan view of the ticket with which the customer is supplied and having indicated thereon the height of the customer.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view-showing the manner of applying ink to the measuring tape, and

Figure 11 is a fragmentary vertical sectional elevatlonal view showing the coin control means for normally retaining the platform in a locked raised position.

With reference more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that the machine comprises a base I from adjacent one end of which rises a case I I provided with a suitable door 12 and key control lock means I3 for the door. Obviously the door serves as means of access to the interior of the case II.

A platform I4 is mounted for vertical movement and is supported above the base It through the medium of springs l5, and is guided in its vertical movement through the medium of a depending flange l6 operating within the confines of a marginal flange l1 rising from the base III. As shown to advantage in Figure 4 a portion of the platform I4 extends into the case ll.

Adjacent the upper end of the case II are brackets I8 between which is journalled a shaft l9 having fixed thereon for rotation therewith a double-pulley 20, 2|. Formed on the free end of the pulley 2| is a relatively large ratchet wheel 22, and from a study of Figures 3 and 4 it will be seen that the rear wall of the case I 1 adjacent its upper end is provided with a substantially semicylindrical casing 23 for accommodating the aforementioned double pulley and gear or ratchet wheel 22.

Pivotally mounted on a bracket 24 depending from the top wall of the case II is a dog 25 that has one end arranged to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel 22 and the other end pivotally connected to a release rod 26 which at its lower end is pivotally connected to the inner end of the platform I4 as at 21.

The double pulley is normally urged to rotate in a clockwise direction through the medium of a cable 23 wound on pulley 20 and provided at one end with a weight 29. A measuring tape 30 is wound on the pulley 2| and is also journalled over pulleys 3|, 32, passing from the pulley 32 outwardly of the case II through an opening 33 provided in the front wall of the case adjacent the upper end thereof. The outer free end of the measuring tape is provided with a handle or finger grip 34. The grip 34 is of such a shape and structure as to engage the front wall of the 80 case II to prevent said end of the tape 30 being drawn entirely within the case ll.

Referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that a coin chute 35 extends inwardly and downwardly from a slot 36 provided at the front wall of the case 85 H. A trip lever 31 is pivotally mounted on the wall of the chute 35 and one end of this lever extends into the chute in the path of the coin while the other end of the lever is formed to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel 38 rotatably 40 supported by a bracket extending laterally from the wall of the chute 35 as shown in Figures 2 and 11. Ratchet wheel 38 is in mesh with rack teeth 39 formed on the upper end of a standard 39a rising from the platform I4 and arranged within the case I I. It will thus be seen that when a coin is passed into the chute 35, that the same will engage the lever 31 causing the latter to rotate in an anticlockwise direction releasing the ratchet wheel 38, thus permitting the platform I4 under weight of the person standing thereon to move downwardly against the action of the springs 15. This downward movement of the platform I4 causes a downward pull on the rod 26 for rotating the dog 25 in an anti-clockwise direction and thereby releasing the ratchet wheel 22. When ratchet wheel 22 is released, the measuring tape may be fed from the pulley 2| by pulling downwardly on the handle 34 causing the double pulley 2t, 2! to rotate in an anti-clockwise direction for ceding the tape 30, and for winding the cable it upon the pulley 2e. Upon release of the handle 34 weight 29 will cause the cable 28 to unwind relative to the pulley 20 causing the double pulley 25, 2| to rotate in a clockwise direction resulting in a winding of the tape 30 upon the pulley 2i.

A salient feature of the present invention is in providing the tape 30 with calibrations 40, 4!, the calibrations 46 being in inches and the calibrations 45 being in feet, in the present instance and as shown in Figure 8 the calibrations 4| are identical and are spaced apart the distance of one inch, so that the reading will be in feet and inches as will be hereinafter more manifest. The calibrations 40, 4! are in the nature of raised characters so as to be readily impressed on a ticket in a manner to be set forth below.

As shown in Figures 4 and 10 there is suitably mounted interiorly of the case I I, and on the front wall of the case a ticket tray or receptacle 42. The tray 42 is disposed adjacent the roller 3i and the wall of the tray 42 is provided with a flange or support 43 on which is arranged an ink pad between which and the periphery of the roller 3! the tape 30 passes. Obviously as the tape moves over the pad 44 the calibrations thereof are inked.

From the roller 3| the tape 38 passes upwardly between a block 45 suitably supported between the ends of the bracket arms 46 extending inwardly from the front wall of the case II and a cam like member 41 mounted on a vertical shaft 48 supported by suitable brackets 49. A finger piece or lever 53 is provided on the member 1 and operates in a slot 5| provided therefor in thefront wall of the case I I.

Also mounted on the shaft 48 for rotation therewith is a sprocket 52 over whichis trained a sprocket chain 53 that is also trained over a sprocket wheel 54 mounted on a shaft suitably journalled in bracket 55 provided at one end of a guide 55 extending laterally from the block 45. On the shaft 51 carried by the bracket 55 is a toothed guide drum or roller 58, the teeth 59 of which engage a ticket tape 60 in a manner suggested in Figure 5.

Suitable means designated generally by the reference character 6! is provided on the front wall of the casing l i for supporting a reel of such ticket tape 5E. The ticket tape 65 is weakened by transverse lines of perforations at relatively spaced points thereon to provide a plurality of sections or tickets Ella.

The hump of the cam member 41 has suitably mounted thereon a cutting knife 52. The purpose of the knife as will be apparent as the decription proceeds is to sever a section 60a of the tape when the latter as shown in Figure 5 is pressed against a portion of the tape 30 for receiving on the said section 50a an impression of the calibrations of the tape 3! It will be noted that the guide 56 serves to direct the tape 50 toward and between the tape 36 and cam 41. There is also provided on that face of the block 45 over which the tape 35? passes, an arrow or similar indicating element 53 and against which a portion of the tape section 5520. will be pressed for receiving in proper position an impression of the arrow, so that after the ticket GM has been so treated, the data appearing thereon will be as suggested in Figure 9.

It will thus be seen that after the platform I4 has been released in the manner before mentioned, 5

and moved downwardly under the weight of the person, the person pulls on the tape 30 so that the handle or knob member 34 of the tape touches the head of such person. With the handle 34 touching the head of the person, such person with 10 the other hand grasps the knob 50 and moves it in the direction of the arrow suggested in Figure 5 for rotating the cam 41. Rotative movement of the cam 41 causes the drum 58 to be rotated for feeding the ticket tape 6!] so that a section 60a 15 thereof passes between the tape 30 and the cam 41. Obviously as the cam 41 rotates the said portion Gila of the ticket tape is pressed against the tape 30 and the arrow 53 and an impression of the calibrations of the tape 3!! and of the ar- 10 row 63 is made on the said section 60a of the ticket tape. Further as the cam 41 continues to rotate the knife 62 is brought into engagement with the tape 60 for severing from said tape 60 the section 60a thereof. Upon reverse movement of the lever 50 the impressed or completed ticket 60a is then free and falls down into the ticket receiving tray 42 to be removed therefrom by the person being measured. Access to the tray 42 may be had through a suitable opening 64 provided in the front wall of the case II.

It is also to be noted that the drum 58 is loose on the shaft 51, and to cause the drum 58 to rotate with the shaft 51 in one direction only there is provided on one end of the drum 58 a ratchet wheel 64 with which is engaged a dog 65 fixedly secured to the shaft 51. It will thus be seen that when the cam 41 is rotated in an anti-clockwise direction for feeding the tape 60 dog 65 engaging 40 the ratchet wheel 64 will cause the drum 58 to rotate with the shaft 51. Upon reverse movement of the cam 41, and as is thought apparent, reverse movement of the shaft 51 will be accomplished without causing a corresponding move- 45 ment of the drum 51.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, ,it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of further changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A height measuring apparatus comprising a base, a vertically arranged casing having its low- 5 er end connected with the rear part of the base and said lower end having an opening in its front part, a vertically movable platform horizontally arranged on the base and having a part passing through the opening into the lower part of the 60 casing, spring means for normally holding the platform in raised position with an intermediate part thereof bearing against the top wall of the opening in the front of the casing, a double drum rotatably supported in the upper part of the 65 casing, a cable connected to one part of the drum and having a weight attached to its lower end and acting to cause the drum to rotate in one direction, a graduated tape connected to the other part of the drum and wound thereon in an opposite direction to the cable for rotating the drum in an opposite direction when the free end of the tape is pulled upon, the top part of the front of the casing having an opening therein through which the free end of the cable passes, a pulley supported in the top part of the casing adjacent the opening last mentioned and over which the tape passes, a second pulley in an intermediate part of the casing and under which the tape passes, a dog pivoted in the top of the casing, a, ratchet wheel attached to the drum and engaged by the dog, said dog and wheel acting to prevent rotary movement of the drum by a pull upon the tape and a link connecting the dog with the rear part of the platform for releasing the dog from the wheel when the platform is lowered by a person standing on the front part of the platform.

MICHAEL QUINTE. 

